As a Sports Dietitian I am constantly on the hunt for pre workout snacks that fuel my body, but also ones that nourish my body while are also affordable and convenient. Let’s all be clear, there are different snack needs for different days! So to help us out, I started a list of my favorite […]

All I did was get down in the defensive stance, and it was gone. This was my first experience with an ACL tear. And as a senior in high school it was devastating. So many of us have been there, have gone through surgeries and had to recover from season ending injuries. With those injuries […]

A lot of athletes struggle with organization, food preparation, and time management which results  in food being pushed to the side or forgotten. That can lead to ignoring hunger signals and low energy intake in athletes. When this happens for a few consecutive days, performance starts to decline due to low energy availability (LEA) in the body. The term for this is Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport or RED-s. This is harmful to the body as it effects all our organs! You are at a higher risk for stress fractures, loss of menses, decrease in testosterone, decrease GI function, increased stress on the heart, and negative